US3841177A - Torque-limiting gripping device for a screw means - Google Patents

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US3841177A
US3841177A US00352032A US35203273A US3841177A US 3841177 A US3841177 A US 3841177A US 00352032 A US00352032 A US 00352032A US 35203273 A US35203273 A US 35203273A US 3841177 A US3841177 A US 3841177A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B31/00—Screwed connections specially modified in view of tensile load; Break-bolts
    • F16B31/02—Screwed connections specially modified in view of tensile load; Break-bolts for indicating the attainment of a particular tensile load or limiting tensile load

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  • a torque limiting gripping device for a bolt head or a nut comprises a grip element threaded on the bolt head or nut and provided with external gripping surfaces for a wrench or other tool.
  • the free end of the bolt head or nut is provided with an abutment against which the grip element is screwed during manufacture to produce pre-stressed engagement.
  • the present invention relates to a torque limiting gripping device for a screw means, said screw means being surrounded by a gripping body which for rotation of the screw means transfers torque to the same up to a predetermined value.
  • Torque limiting devices in the form of torque-limiting nuts are known in which the torque between an outer gripping body and an inner body working in conjunction with the screw is transferred by means of resilient ratchet washers or shear pins.
  • the constructions are complicated and expensive.
  • the object of the present invention is to achieve a simplified torque-limiting device which, in addition to the screw means, comprises essentially only one'additional part but which also permits setting of the predetermined torque value, the rated torque, with good precision within a broad range.
  • the screw means is provided with an outer thread onto which the gripping body is screwed and bears againsta stop on the screw means with such pre-stress that the gripping body loosens from the stop and moves on the outer thread of the screw element when said predetermined torque on the screw means is reached.
  • the pre-stressing between the gripping body and the screw means is advantageously created by the gripping body being screwed on the outer thread of the screw into contact with the stop, thus in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation when the screw means is tightened.
  • the torque with which the gripping body is tightened against the stop determines the rated torque .and lies in the vicinity of the same.
  • the difference between said torque and the rated torque is dependent on a number of factors such as choice of materials, pitch, etc. However the relation can be easily determined by experiment.
  • the screw head is provided with said outer thread.
  • said screw means is a nut, then said nut is constructed as a sleeve with an internal working thread and is provided on the outsidewith said outer thread.
  • said outer thread of the screw means has less of a pitch than the working thread of the screw means.
  • the stop is preferably placed at the outer end of the screw means and is preferably constructed as a thread portion of the outer thread of the screw means with in creasing diameter, for example by conical widening of the end of the screw means.
  • the stop can be formed by bending over or rolling the end of the screw means or by screwing one or two stop nuts onto the end.
  • the device can also be used to achieve tightening of the screw means with a torque which exceeds the rated torque.
  • a screw 1 extends through a bore 3 in a plate 5.
  • the screw carries a nut which is to be tightened with a predetermined torque.
  • the nut is a torque nut comprising an inner sleeve 7 which is screwed onto the screw 1 with an inner thread 9.
  • the sleeve also has an outer thread 11 which has smaller pitch than the inner thread 9.
  • a body 13 is screwed onto the outer thread 11.
  • the body 13 has gripping surfaces 15 for working in conjunction with a tightening tool.
  • the upper end of the sleeve 7 has a stop ring 17 formed by rolling, which grips into an annular groove 19 in the gripping body 13.
  • the lower portion of the sleeve 7 widens conically to a foot 21 which lies against the plate 5.
  • the surface of the cone forms an abutment surface 23 which faces towards but lies axially at a dis- 'tance from a corresponding conical abutment surface 25 on the gripping body 13.
  • the gripping body 13 is screwed onto the sleeve 7 whereafter the upper end of the sleeve is rolled to form the annular stop 17. The gripping body 13 is then screwed up against said stop, which then grips into the groove 19, and is tightened with a certain torque, which was previously determined by experiments with the thread pitch and material in question, to give the torque nut the desired rated torque. If, for example, the torque nut is to have the rated torque 20 kg'm, the gripping body 13 istightened against the stop 17 with the torque 20.2 kgm. The torque nut is thereby ready for use.
  • the torque nut After the torque nut has been threaded on the screw, it is tightened with the help of a wrench which works in conjunction with the gripping surfaces 15 of the gripping body 13.
  • the gripping body releases from the stop '17 and begins to be screwed downwards onthe outer thread 11 of the sleeve 7..
  • the gripping force between the'gripping body 13 and the sleeve 7 loosens slowly but-nevertheless distinctly noticeably. If for some reason it is desirable to perform the tightening with a larger torque than the rated torque of the torque nut, the'gripping' body 13 is screwed down on the sleeve 7 until the two conical surfaces 25 and 23 lie against each other.
  • Tightening with the desired torque can then be made.
  • the torque nut thereby functions as a lock nut.
  • the torque nut is loosened from the screw 1 by the gripping body 13 being screwed up on the outer thread 11 of the sleeve 7 to engagement with the stop 17 with a torque which exceeds the tightening torque.
  • a torque-limiting gripping'device for a screw or the like comprising: a screw means having an inner working thread and an outer thread, a gripping body having a thread which engages the outer thread and also having external gripping surfaces for receiving a tightening tool, a stop disposed on the screw means against which the gripping body engages with a predetermined pre-stress in the direction opposite to the direction for tightening the screw means so that when the screw means is tightened onto a screw by means of a tool engaging the gripping surfaces, torque is transferred from the gripping body to the screw means until the torque applied by the tool overcomes the pre-stress between the gripping body and the stop, whereafter the gripping body may be run down on the outer thread without transferring torque.
  • a device characterized in that the screw means'is the head portion of a screw, the head portion having said outer thread.
  • a device characterized in that the screw means is a nut in the form of a sleeve having said inner working thread which engages a screw, the nut also being provided with other said outer thread.
  • a device characterized in that said outer thread of the screw means has less of a pitch than the inner thread of said screw means.
  • a device characterized in that the stop is disposed at the outer end of the screw means.
  • a device characterized in that the stop comprises a conical thread portion of the outer thread of the screw means.
  • a device characterized in that the stop comprises a bent or rolled over portion of the end of the screw means.
  • a device characterized in that the gripping body end cooperating with the stop has an annular groove into which the stop is designed to engage.
  • a device characterized in that the screw means and the gripping body have abutment surfaces lying axially at a distance from one another, said surfaces being arranged to cooperate with one another upon continued tightening of the screw means so as to transfer torque exceeding said predetermined value.
  • a device characterized in that the abutment surfaces are conical surfaces, diverging towards the inner end of the screw means, of the ends of the gripping body and the screw means respectively which face away from the stop.

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US5681135A (en) * 1995-01-19 1997-10-28 Simonson; Peter Melott Threaded fastener with multi-stage torque limiting applicator
US5688088A (en) * 1991-01-16 1997-11-18 Excelsior Development Inc. Dynamometric screw or nut
US5857816A (en) * 1994-10-17 1999-01-12 Anglo Dutch International Finance N.V. Torque-limiting fastening device
GB2382393A (en) * 2001-11-20 2003-05-28 Itw Ltd A fastening element
EP1348877A1 (en) * 2002-03-28 2003-10-01 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Torque resistant grommet
US20040033118A1 (en) * 2000-06-21 2004-02-19 Arvid Eikaas Nut construction and a screw/bolt construction
US6695530B2 (en) 2000-06-13 2004-02-24 Francesco A. Crupi Mixing apparatus and method for blending milled asphalt with rejuvenating fluid
US6802681B2 (en) 2001-11-20 2004-10-12 Itw Limited Fastening element
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US3602976A (en) * 1969-09-15 1971-09-07 Mac Lean Fogg Lock Nut Co Method for controlling clamping load of a threaded fastener
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US2605805A (en) * 1949-02-17 1952-08-05 George V Woodling Contractible split sleeve locking nut
US3237507A (en) * 1963-12-03 1966-03-01 Midwest Applied Science Corp Preload self-setting bolt with differential threads
US3602976A (en) * 1969-09-15 1971-09-07 Mac Lean Fogg Lock Nut Co Method for controlling clamping load of a threaded fastener
US3728933A (en) * 1971-03-11 1973-04-24 Mac Lean Fogg Lock Nut Co Means and method for controlling tension in a threaded member

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US5688088A (en) * 1991-01-16 1997-11-18 Excelsior Development Inc. Dynamometric screw or nut
US5857816A (en) * 1994-10-17 1999-01-12 Anglo Dutch International Finance N.V. Torque-limiting fastening device
US5681135A (en) * 1995-01-19 1997-10-28 Simonson; Peter Melott Threaded fastener with multi-stage torque limiting applicator
US5584626A (en) * 1995-06-15 1996-12-17 Excelsior Development Inc. Torque-limiting fastening element
US6695530B2 (en) 2000-06-13 2004-02-24 Francesco A. Crupi Mixing apparatus and method for blending milled asphalt with rejuvenating fluid
US20040033118A1 (en) * 2000-06-21 2004-02-19 Arvid Eikaas Nut construction and a screw/bolt construction
GB2382393A (en) * 2001-11-20 2003-05-28 Itw Ltd A fastening element
GB2382393B (en) * 2001-11-20 2003-10-29 Itw Ltd Fastening element
US6802681B2 (en) 2001-11-20 2004-10-12 Itw Limited Fastening element
US6659698B2 (en) 2002-03-28 2003-12-09 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Torque resistant grommet
EP1348877A1 (en) * 2002-03-28 2003-10-01 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Torque resistant grommet
US9217522B1 (en) * 2008-02-08 2015-12-22 John W. Best Method of coupling narrow diameter tubing to a CPI port
CN102628472A (zh) * 2012-04-24 2012-08-08 中国葛洲坝集团股份有限公司 一种快装拆及快装防拆螺母
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US10393158B2 (en) * 2013-06-11 2019-08-27 Safran Aircraft Engines Device for fixing two parts together
US9249824B2 (en) 2013-08-15 2016-02-02 Centoco Plastics Limited Locking nut for toilet seat
US10260551B2 (en) * 2017-04-28 2019-04-16 Albert Aguilar Self-actuating lock nut and assemblies

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JPS49132447A (pt) 1974-12-19
DE2342387A1 (de) 1974-02-28
GB1444276A (en) 1976-07-28
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ATA729973A (de) 1976-08-15

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